466 CATALOGUE OF 



versus serratae. Abdomen alas posticas superans ; fasciculus apicalis 

 parvus. Pedes longiusculi, sat graciles; tibiae anticae densissime 

 pilosag ; posticae quadricalcaratae ; tarsi postici fimbriati. Ala3 

 antica3 longiusculae, sat angustae, apice rotun'datae, margine exteriore 

 perobliquo. 



Male. Body hardly stout. Head with a prominent frontal 

 tuft. Proboscis rather long. Palpi broad, obtuse, squamous, hardly 

 extending beyond the head ; third joint extremely minute. An- 

 tennae broadly pectinated, minutely serrated towards the tips. 

 Abdomen extending somewhat beyond the hind wings ; a few long 

 curved bristles on each side of the tip; tuft small. Legs rather long 

 and slender ; fore tibiae very densely pilose ; posterior tibiae and 

 hind tarsi fringed; hind tibiae with four long spurs. Wings rather 

 long and narrow. Fore wings rounded at the tips; exterior border 

 slightly convex, very oblique. 



The structure of this genus is very peculiar. It has some 

 resemblance to the Pyralites. 



Sybeida inokdinata. 



Mas. Hufescente-ferruginea ; femora tarsique cinerea, nigro con- 

 spersa ; alee anticce linea obliqua recta nigricante extus 

 cinereo marginata ; posticce nigricantes, margine latissimo 

 rufescente-cinereo nigricante marginato. 



Male. Eeddish ferruginous, more reddish beneath. Antennae 

 with blackish branches. Femora and tarsi cinereous, speckled with 

 black. Fore wings with a straight blackish line, which extends from 

 four-fifths of the length of the costa to three-fourths of the length of 

 the interior border, and is bordered with cinereous on the outer side. 

 Hind wings blackish, with a very broad blackish-bordered reddish 

 cinereous border; under side with a blackish oblique line. Length 

 of the body 9 lines; of the wings 22 lines. 



a. Darjeeling. Presented by the Secretary of the India Board. 



Genus ARUNDA. 



Fcem. Corpus robustum. Proboscis nulla. Palpi breves, 

 oblique ascendentes ; articulus 2us latus, pilosus ; 3us brevissimus. 

 Antennae breviusculae, pectinatae. Abdomen alas posticas non 

 superans. Pedes validi, breviusculi ; tibiae posticae longae, calcaribus 



